{"id":18435,"date":"2009-07-22T13:28:19","date_gmt":"2009-07-22T20:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiken.wpengine.com\/news\/its-eco-friendly-showare-center-gets-major-environmental-award\/"},"modified":"2016-10-23T20:30:25","modified_gmt":"2016-10-24T03:30:25","slug":"its-eco-friendly-showare-center-gets-major-environmental-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/news\/its-eco-friendly-showare-center-gets-major-environmental-award\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s eco-friendly: ShoWare Center gets major environmental award"},"content":{"rendered":"

The City of Kent<\/a> learned Wednesday that the ShoWare Center,<\/a> its new multi-purpose sports and entertainment facility, has been awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council.<\/a><\/p>\n

This designation makes ShoWare Center the first sports arena in North America to achieve such a rating.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m extremely proud of this achievement,\u201d said Kent Mayor Suzette Cooke. \u201cReceiving LEED Gold certification reaffirms our efforts to balance economic development with being good stewards of the environment. It\u2019s also pretty cool to be the first on the continent!\u201d<\/p>\n

LEED is a voluntary, consensus-based national certification program for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings that provide immediate and measurable results for building owners and occupants.<\/p>\n

Points are awarded in six environmental categories as defined by LEED: sustainable sites, water efficiency, energy and atmosphere, materials and resources, indoor environmental quality and innovation and design.<\/p>\n

Ben Wolters, Kent economic development director and project lead for the city, said throughout planning and construction, the city, along with Mortenson Construction, LMN Architects, and anchor tenant Seattle Thunderbirds were targeting a Silver rating, requiring 33 points.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of a tremendous commitment by the entire team, the project earned 40 points, with a perfect score for innovation and design,\u201d Wolters added.<\/p>\n

Highlights of ShoWare Center\u2019s green features include:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Premium parking for fuel-efficient vehicles and car and vanpools<\/p>\n

\u2022 Low-flowing water fixtures and dual-flush toilets exceeding 40 percent water savings when compared to similar buildings<\/p>\n

\u2022 Native plant landscaping that doesn\u2019t require watering<\/p>\n

\u2022 Energy-efficient lighting, heating, cooling, ventilation and ice-making equipment, reducing energy use by more than 37 percent.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Recyycling more than 90 percent of the construction debris.<\/p>\n

\u2022 Constructed using more than 50 percent Forest Stewardship Council-certified wood<\/p>\n

\u2022 Using low-volatile organic compound paints and adhesives to minimize indoor contaminants that exacerbate respiratory problems<\/p>\n

\u2022 Using excess heat rejected from the ice-making equipment to warm the ground under the ice rink, to maintain the integrity of the foundation.<\/p>\n

Designed by LMN Architects with consultation by Paladino and Co., one the leading green<\/p>\n

building consultants in the United States, the city’s arena went above and beyond the minimum requirements to achieve a \u201cSilver\u201d rating for the building, according to the USGBC.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile building ‘green’ costs significantly more upfront, ultimately the city will see a cost savings in the long run,\u201d Wolters said. \u201cLEED buildings cost less to operate and maintain and are energy- and water-efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n

ShoWare Center has received several awards since opening in January, including the American Institute of Architects Civic Design Award and Green Building of America Award by the Real Estate & Construction Review.<\/p>\n

Additional information about the center’s green building features is available at www.ShoWarecenter.com.<\/p>\n

More information about the LEED green building certification system is available at www.usgbc.org\/LEED.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The City of Kent learned Wednesday that the ShoWare Center, its new multi-purpose sports and entertainment facility, has been awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. This designation makes ShoWare Center, managed by SMG, the first sports arena in North America to achieve such a rating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":18011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-18435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18435"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18435"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=18435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}